Lt. John Alfred (Percy) Jones^[1]

1920 - 1944  (24 years)

• Name	John Alfred (Percy) Jones
  Title	Lt.
  Birth	31 Mar 1920	71 Bronson Road, Merton, Croydon, Surrey, England UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Aug 1944	Greenland
  	Member of crew of H.M.S. Kite, sunk by German U-344, Norwegian-Greenland Sea.
  Notes	In October 1940 he escaped from the North of France with the help of a French nurse and members of the Resistance and reached Spain. He was then imprisoned for a few months and finally returned to England in 1941. (Alice Annandale, 2020) Lieutenant John Alfred Jones, Royal Navy, received the Distinguished Service Medal. London Gazette, 21 Dec 1943, p. 5542. 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Elsie Virginia Jones, b. 1891 Southwark, London; Dorothy; John Alfred, b. 1920, London; in a household in Sturminster, Dorset.
  Person ID	I5400	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Percy Ronald (Patrick) Jones,   b. 23 May 1891, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand d. 17 Jun 1955, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Elsie Virginia (Alfred) Negroponte,   b. 21 Oct 1891, Southwark, London, England UK d. Abt Mar 1984, Suffolk, England UK (Age 92 years)
  Notes	Unknown to Argenti. Information courtesy Alice Annandale. New Zealand 1916 marriage index, folio no. 5755, registers the marriage of Percy Ronald Jones to Margaret Bradbury.
  Family ID	F2245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Mar 1920 - 71 Bronson Road, Merton, Croydon, Surrey, England UK Death - 24 Aug 1944 - Greenland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  John Alfred Jones birth-certificate Courtesy Christopher Reed genealogy website

  
  

  Headstones

  John Alfred Jones - UK, Commonwealth War Graves Memorial register entry 939, 1947, Plymouth Part 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921.